Pro Democracy Protests
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14 pro-democracy activists convicted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case, face life term
World | May 30, 2024, 09:07 AM ISTAt least 47 pro-democracy activists were prosecuted in 2021 for their involvement in unofficial primaries, under Beijing's draconian national security law. The law has been used to effectively wipe out public dissent and crush political opposition since the massive 2019 anti-government protests.
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Hong Kong sentences 12 to prison for storming legislature during 2019 pro-democracy protests
World | Mar 16, 2024, 12:34 PM ISTThose sentenced include Gregory Wong, 45, for six years, along with political activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow. District court Judge Li Chi-ho, who handed the sentences, said the incident was a "serious blow" to the rule of law when protesters vandalised the city legislature.
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Protests reveal unease over Hong Kong's identity
World | Oct 12, 2014, 12:25 PM ISTHong Kong: By road, the little apartments are nearly an hour from central Hong Kong and the protests that have swept through it. Twice that long if you take the subway, which is how most
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No images of Hong Kong protests in China's media
World | Oct 01, 2014, 10:54 AM ISTBeiging: China's government has cut off news about Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests to the rest of the country, a clampdown so thorough that no image of the rallies has appeared in state-controlled media, and at